Qingxuguan southeast, Jixiang Street.

As the so-called mountain and water are drafted, this street is not far from Qingxuguan, and naturally it is mainly engaged in incense and candle offerings, which was originally called Jixiang Street, but later somehow, it was called Jixiang Street.

Bang, bang.

"It's dry, be careful of the candles!"

The fourth watch is approaching, and the husband Zhao Laoshi is holding a lantern in one hand and knocking on the gong hanging on his elbow with the other, but his voice can't help but reveal some panic.

When Gain usually passes by the intersection, even if he can't bump into his fellow Ma San, they can at least echo each other, but after he shouted a few times today, it was quiet and there was no response.

Didn't this Ma Sanmo meet a thief, right?

As soon as he thought of this, two black shadows suddenly appeared in the alley next to him, and Zhao Laoshi fell to the ground without saying anything.

"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!"

Zhao Laoshi hurriedly closed his eyes and shouted: "The rules are clear to the villain, just take what you want, the villain didn't see or hear anything!" ”

"!"

But I heard one of them laugh and scold: "I can't see or hear anything, and I want you husbands to be useless?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhao Laoshi still closed his eyes and shouted: "The villain is not as good as a fart, ask the good man to lift the villain, and let the villain be a fart!" ”

"You ......"

"What nonsense to talk to him!"

The smiling and scolding man was about to say something, but the accomplice next to him became impatient, stretched out his hand to open Zhao Laoshi's eyelids, and took advantage of the situation to pestle a swarthy thing in front of him.

"Dragon...... Dragon Praetorian Guard?! ”

Although Zhao Laoshi is illiterate, as a husband, he is no stranger to the waist card of the official, and hurriedly changed his words: "The villain has eyes and no beads, and he actually treats the official as a ......."

"Shut up!"

Wang Zhen put the waist card in his pocket, pulled Zhao Laoshi from the ground, and threatened viciously: "Lao Tzu is supervising the big case of Qin's order, if you dare to shout and alarm the thieves, be careful that Lao Tzu kills your whole family!" ”

Zhao Laoshi hurriedly closed his mouth, obediently followed Wang Zhen, and entered the alley next to him.

It's just that when he arrived in the alley, through the hazy starlight, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Qing...... Lord Qingtian?! ”

"You're a mother......

"Zhao is honest, right?"

Sun Shaozong raised his hand to stop Wang Zhen's scolding, and said with a warm smile: "When we investigated the case last time, we should have met twice. ”

Seeing that Sun Shaozong still remembered his cheap name, Zhao Laosanzhi's excited snot bubbles came out, and he was about to kowtow to see him in fear.

But I heard Sun Shaozong say again: "Now that the situation is urgent, this official will not talk to you about the old days, I invited a few of you to come over, I want you to wait to help me arrest the thieves of the White Lotus Sect." ”

Zhao Laoshi realized that in addition to himself, Ma San and Wang Tiezhu, the husband of Ruyifang, were also standing not far away.

And when they heard that they were going to help capture the thieves of the White Lotus Sect, the three gauntliners were all as pale as earth and trembling, and they didn't dare to respond or refuse.

"Don't worry, this official will never let you put your lives at risk, you just need to hide in the distance and sell some strength."

Sun Shaozong comforted the three of them a few words, and when their fear gradually subsided, he let Zhao Laoshi lead the way, and arrived at Jixiang Road, in front of an oil mill next to the Chahe River.

Seeing that Zhao Laoshi was ordered to step forward to call the door, Wang Zhen clutched a single knife on the side, but couldn't help but question: "My lord, although this oil mill is not small, if you want to hide more than 20 thieves, I'm afraid it's ......."

"Who said the thieves were in the oil mill?"

Sun Shaozong asked rhetorically, and saw that the gate of the oil mill had been opened, so he walked in.

"Hey, you ...... man"

"Shhhh Don't shout! ”

"Are you blind? Even Sun Qingtian, the 'divine break' of Shuntian Mansion, can't recognize it! ”

The shopkeeper who opened the door was about to be stopped, but he was already stopped by the three watchmen.

Sun Shaozong arrived in the courtyard unimpeded, roughly identified the direction, and led Wang Zhen and others straight to the back door, got off the latch, pushed the door panel left and right, and pointed to a brightly lit place on the other side of the river: "Where is the place where the thieves are hiding." ”

Wang Zhen put his hand on the pergola and looked at it a few times, and suddenly blurted out: "Mutual affection?!" No wonder it can accommodate more than 20 thieves, but there is not even a single rumor! ”

The four words 'each other'.

Husband and wife are not abandoned, and brothers are to help each other.

But if these four words are mentioned near the Qingxu Temple, they must refer to the famous Xianggu Pavilion on the side of the fork river.

Legend has it that Aunt Li, the owner of this 'mutual affection', was born with a pair of discerning eyes, and she can see how much a man has in the street through two layers of cotton pants, so she has many talented people.

In addition, he invited two tantric lamas to be the head of the spear and stick sect, and his elephant can be said to be both internal and external, and he is all good at 'blowing and playing and tasting'.

And this 'mutual affection' is divided into two courtyards before and after, and the outside is no different from other houses, opening the door to entertain male guests from all over the world, and making a living with guns and sticks.

The inner courtyard is specially set up for the women of wealthy families.

In view of the fact that women visiting brothels will inevitably have scruples and pressures in all aspects, this 'mutual affection' Xianggu Pavilion is specially built on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides.

Every night, there will be five or six willow-leaf black canopy boats, shuttling back and forth on the two-zhang wide river, attracting female visitors to the museum.

Except for a few mavericks, the female guests mostly cover their faces with scarves and masks, and the light boats flutter all night, which can be said to be both wet and forgetful in the rivers and lakes.

It is precisely because of this that this backyard has always been a mysterious place, and it is difficult for outsiders to get a glimpse of it unless it is introduced by regular customers.

But he said that the fourth watch of the night had just passed.

In a secluded small building in the backyard of the Xianggu Pavilion, the famous Aunt Li paced back and forth, and the candlesticks that were dangling were restless.

"Lord Li Xiang."

Someone in the corner couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but speak: "If there is really anything important, you might as well invite His Holiness back now." ”

"No, no, no!"

Aunt Li hurriedly waved her hand and said, "It's easy to meet a suitable woman who can make his old man have fun, why bother at this time?" ”

"Humph!"

Someone snorted again, stretched out his bear-like body, and said with a sneering smile: "In my opinion, even the old sister, you have been in the capital for a long time, and you have forgotten how to teach the people below that if you are in northern Shaanxi, which sect member dares to be so disrespectful, I, Liu Junbao, must tear him alive!" ”

Aunt Li smiled bitterly when she heard this, but she didn't take advantage of his words, just craned her neck and looked out vigorously.

That Liu Jun Bao is called 'one hand to support the sky', relying on his courage to crisscross the northwest green forest, he is the number one warrior under the White Lotus Sect, originally he didn't take such a female stream in his eyes, at this time, seeing that Aunt Li ignored him, he was annoyed.

"Old sister."

I heard him sneer: "Why don't you tell me the identity of that person, how about my brother discipline and discipline you for you?" ”

This is a taboo for Aunt Li, although that person is a little difficult to control, but he is her trump card, how can she allow others to watch?

She sank her face and was about to hit Liu Junbao with words so that he could know whose territory it was, but she heard someone outside the door scolding: "Presumptuous! That's what you can ask?! ”

Before the words fell, I saw a thin old man walking in, and scolded with a sinking face: "The identity of 'Bingsan' is a secret in the sect, and it will be even more useful in the future, don't say that it is you, except for the sect leader and Li Xiang, even the old man is not allowed to ask about his identity!" ”

Although Liu Junbao was unruly, he softened his spine in front of this old man, and obediently listened to his lesson, and then smiled and said: "Master, I ......"

The old man raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to say much, then turned his head to look at Aunt Li, and said solemnly: "Lord Li Xiang, you gathered everyone so late, but what important news did you get?" ”

This person is the deputy sect leader of the White Lotus Sect, Ge Chen, who is not under the sect leader because of his high morality, so everyone calls him the Venerable.

"Venerable Enlightenment."

Aunt Li said cautiously: "There is a message from Bingsan, saying that he hopes that the brothers who have entered Beijing will be careful, and it is best to stop their activities temporarily, at least until he sends his pregnant wife away, and then ...... ...... again"

Seeing that Ge Chen's face was getting more and more gloomy, she hurriedly stopped the following words, and knelt down and said: "It's all because of the incompetence of her subordinates, so Bing San, who connived at her, is so arrogant and rude!" ”

"It's none of your business."

Ge Chen shook his head slowly, and said: "There is an old saying that 'when the water is clear, there are no fish, and if people are observed, there are no disciples', and the people below have their own little abacus, which is understandable." ”

After a pause, he said again: "In this way, you can send a message to him for me, the matter of finding the holy daughter cannot be delayed for a day, but the deity can arrange for the brothers in the sect to escort his wife out of the capital first." ”

This is clearly to take the other party's wife as a hostage!

Aunt Li secretly complained in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey Ge Chen's orders, and was about to take the order hard, when she suddenly saw someone rushing over, and bowed down to report: "Venerable Qiqi, an oil mill on the other side of the river has gone out of the water......

Ge Chen was upset, and when he heard such trivial things, he also ran to report himself, and couldn't help but scold: "Ridiculous! What does the fire on the other side of the river have to do with us? ”

The visitor hurriedly explained: "The shopkeeper poured the burning oil urn into the river, and now the river surface is also half burned red, and the two secret posts of our river patrol are frightened and abandon the boat and flee to the shore." ”

"Lord Wang Xiang felt that the fire was a little strange, so he asked the little one to ask the Venerable, but do you want to send someone to the other side to take a look?"

Ge Chen's brows furrowed even deeper, and he rushed outside in a few steps, but saw that with just a few words, most of the sky outside was dyed red by firelight.

Sure enough, it's a little strange!

Tonight is just a breeze, and even if the oil mill is burned, it shouldn't spread so quickly.

"Liu Junbao!"

Ge Chen immediately ordered: "I'll go to the back door first to see what is going on, you stay here and gather everyone!" ”

Without waiting for Liu Jun to respond, he was already striding towards the back door.

Seeing this, Aunt Li and the others hurriedly followed behind.

Seeing that he was approaching, several people suddenly greeted him in a panic, and the one headed by him was the king of incense, so he couldn't avoid anything, and shouted directly at the top of his throat: "Venerable, I'm afraid this fire is coming at us!" Several oil mills on the opposite side were pouring oil into the river, and they also threw a lot of bedding and furniture down......"

Ge Chen's face became more and more gloomy, and without saying a word, he crossed Wang Xiangzhu and the others, and went to the door to take a look, but only to see that the two-zhang wide river was almost occupied by raging flames, and the entire Xianggu Pavilion seemed to be surrounded by a dancing fire dragon.

Bang, bang, bang......

I heard the gong beating on the other side non-stop, but what he shouted was not the slogan of going to the water to fight the fire, but: "The lord of the rule has an order, and the damage tonight will be compensated twice, and if there is a person who hides himself, he will be punished as a thief!" ”

Sure enough, he was caught by those eagles!

Ge Chen couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, originally he led the crowd to hide in this Xianggu Pavilion, firstly, with the idea of darkness under the lamp, he felt that the government would not think that he had the courage to stay nearby.

Second, it is greedy for the three sides of the river here, and it can be justified to arrange sentry posts, which is not only convenient for shielding the sentinels of the government, but also convenient for borrowing the river water to hide at any time.

Who would have thought that the imperial court eagle dog would be so ruthless, and directly used tung oil to ignite the fire, blocking the ten-zhang long section of the river!

It's also that this Aunt Li doesn't know how to choose a place, it's not good to be next to it, but next to Jixiang Street, there are as many as seven or eight shops dealing in lamp oil and sesame oil on that street......

"His Holiness."

At this time, Lord Wang Xiang chased after him, and said with an earthy face: "What do you think we should do now?" I don't know which one leaked the news......"

"So far, what are you talking about?!"

Ge Chen turned around and said angrily: "Let everyone take the 'Please Divine Pill' and kill it with me!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and turned back to the original path of Xiaolou.

Aunt Li, Wang Xiangzhu and others heard the words 'please bear the gods', and their faces were a little frightened, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only embellish their thoughts on the back.

Seeing that Xiaolou was close to the left, Liu Junbao had already greeted him with a cane with an open fire, holding a half-zhang long Pu knife, and said with a cruel smile: "Master, don't say anything, the apprentice will open the way in front and keep and protect the ......."

While speaking, a pair of disturbed wild mandarin ducks pushed the door out, and when they saw this scene, they turned around in fright and were about to retract back into the courtyard, but they were caught up by Liu Junbao with a brisk step, and the two of them were cut into four sections with a knife in their hands!

He shook his hand lightly, shook off the blood on the knife, and then continued: "Keep and protect Master, you kill it!" ”

"Good!"

Ge Chen took the single knife thrown by his subordinates, and when he saw his apprentice like this, he was also arrogant, and said loudly: "You and I will kill in this capital today......

Rumble~!

Before the word 'ring' was spoken, there was a loud bang from the left side of the second gate, followed by a roar like thunder: "Sun Shaozong of Shuntianfu was ordered to arrest the White Lotus traitor, everyone should stay in place and not act rashly, and violators will be killed!" ”

After being in the capital for a long time, Ge Chen naturally heard of Sun Shaozong's name, and he knew in his heart that it was difficult to be good today.

How could he have thought that Sun Shaozong only had four subordinates around him [leaving two on the other side], so he hurriedly ordered everyone to take the pill, and took the wine and medicine, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Maitreya was born, King Ming was born!" ”

"Maitreya was born, King Ming was born!"

"Maitreya was born, King Ming was born!"

All the comrades raised their arms in response, and with just a few words of roaring, everyone's faces were red and bloody.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Ge Chen made a look, and Liu Junbao sighed: "Kill the dog official and enjoy peace!" ”

He picked up the sword and led the crowd to rush out.